One-wheel plow



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BOREHERT, ()F AURORA, MINNESOTA.

ONE-WHEEL l Low.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,723, dated May 18, 1880'. Application filed October 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BOREHER'I, of Aurora, in the county of Steele and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in One -Wheel Plows, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a view on a line through the seat, showing part of the device in section and part in elevation.

This invention relates to that class of plows known as the one-wheel plow, and the novelty consists more particularly in the details of the construction of the parts by which the plow is made movable and the wheel is combined with the plow, all as will now be more fully set out and explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the plow, and B the plow-beam. O is the wheel, which runs on the horizontal end of the bent axle o. The vertical part of this bent axle is secured to the bent end of the metal bar D, so as to be adjusted up or down by a set-screw in slot 0, which clamps it to said bent end. To the horizontalpart of this bar D is secured by any suitable means the seat E. This may be attached, as now shown, to a board, 6, which can be moved in or out of a slot or socket, d, made in or upon bar D, the other end of said board being carried by an arm, 7), flexibly attached to the plow-beam; or the said seat may be placed on said axle in any convenient way so that it can be moved forward or back, according as it is desired to throw the drivers weight on the plow to make it go in or out of the ground.

The board 0 is so made and attached that without a seat upon it the driver could easily sit thereon, and by changing his position forward or backward cause the plow to work as above described. 7

To the plow end of the bar D, at the right of seat E, is hinged the frame H at w. This frame is attached by set-screws or in any suitable way to the side of the beam of the plow, and is made of the. downwardlyextending piece h, by which it is hinged and attached,

as aforesaid, to the side of the beam B, and

thestrap h and screw-bolts h.

The strap h comes outside the beam, and one of the bolts connects it above the beam to the piece h, while the other bolt passes ,under the, beam in like manner. The frame made in this manner can be readily adjusted to a beam of any size and made very firm, and can at will be easily removed or detached.

The horizontal arm h of the frame extends inwardly under the axle a short distance, and in the slot h of this is attached, by out or otherwise, the lower end of the screw-threaded bar or rod I, which extends down through seatbar D. Its upper end projects above the bar, and has a wheel or handle, 77, by means of which the driver can readily operate it, and so wing the plow down or up at pleasure. As this rod is screw threaded where it passes through the seat-bar D, it will be held in any a position the driver places it, sufficiently sure for all practical purposes. By means of this rod I the driver can operate the hinged frame- H at will by merely raising or lowering the arm h and in this way the plow can be turned at will. I

I am aware that it is not broadly new in one-wheel plows to employ means to level or wing the plow or to adjust the laifd-wheel;

but I do not know that this has been done in the same effectual way as has hereinbefore been set out and explained.

Having thus described my invention, what I consider new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of seat-bar D,,hinged frame H, and screw-rod I with the beam B of plow A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. I

2. In a one-wheel plow, the combination of the plow A and frame H, hinged tothe seatbeam D, and adjustable by rod I, with adjustable wheel O, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BOREHERT. Witnesses:

LoUIs GowDY, JOHN W. MoKINNY. 

